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New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony and Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant were named co-recipients of the 2016 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year award for their role in Team USA capturing a third-straight gold medal at this year’s Rio Olympics. Durant led the team scoring at a 19.4 points per game clip while […]

Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski has informed NBA teams that they will be barred from scouting their team practices starting this season, Yahoo! Sports reported Wednesday. They will apply the “pro days” scheme which other top schools, like Kentucky, have been doing the past years. Instead of having a year-round, open-door policy in which executives […]

Three weeks of preparation, two weeks of competition and one sweet moment of golden glory have been the whirlwind of Paul George‘s summer. The Indiana Pacers swingman refused to give up hope after a crushing injury suffered at the white versus blue scrimmage before departing for the FIBA World Championships in 2014. George suffered compound […]

Team USA‘s performance at the Rio Olympics received plenty of mixed reviews. Regardless, the team, led by four-time Olympian Carmelo Anthony, got the job done once again. The United States left Brazil with an undefeated 8-0 record and a 96-66 win over Serbia to earn a third consecutive Olympic gold medal. So how well did […]

From 2004 to 2016, Carmelo Anthony has been a common fixture for Team USA. He’s seen the lows and highs of the program, and became part of the solution. With an Olympic career that spans four editions of these summer games, he has become the most prominent figure for USA Basketball. But that did not […]

Mike Krzyzewski has handled countless of multi-millionaire athletes over the course of his USA Basketball tenure, and if there’s one thing that has happened again and again for the 69-year-old coach, it’s that he always earned the players’ respect. He has zero experience coaching in the NBA, but that never came as a knock on […]

Team USA’s gold medal match set to begin a few hours from now is extremely meaningful for United States basketbal as it will be coach Mike Krzyzewski’s international swan song. The man who played one of the biggest roles in the country’s reclamation of hoops glory will be coaching his final game for the Red, […]

Team USA recently held its first full-contact practice in nearly three weeks. Something needed to change after having close calls in three consecutive Olympic games and it was time to fix what was wrong. The Solution The practice session was the perfect time to raise the team’s intensity level before playing Argentina in the quarterfinals. […]

When you look strictly at the numbers, Kevin Durant has been a force for Team USA in the Rio Olympics. He leads the team in points, he’s shooting 60 percent from the field, and he’s managed an incredible 61 percent on three-pointers. However, if you’ve watched the games, you’ve probably wondered why Durant hasn’t taken […]

The basketball story of the summer, besides the Rio Olympics, has certainly been Kevin Durant leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder to join the Golden State Warriors. Of course, with Team USA competing at the Olympics, the two storylines were bound to overlap. Team USA’s legendary head coach, Mike Krzyzewski, weighed in on Durant’s big free […]

It’s not a surprise that NBA players have to adjust to FIBA officiating, and it’s evident once again playing in the Rio Olympics. DeMarcus Cousins fouled out Monday against Venezuela and was just as quick to get into foul trouble against Australia two days prior. Klay Thompson and Paul George also followed suit against the Boomers in the […]

The Australian National Men’s Basketball team has never won a medal in Olympic basketball. They’ve also never started any tournament undefeated through the first two games, until this year that is. In their third game Wednesday, they fought their way to a 54-49 halftime lead against Team USA, making it the American team’s first halftime deficit […]

Despite a slight hiccup in the first quarter against Venezuela, the U.S. Men’s basketball team has cruised through their first two games of the 2016 Rio Olympics. Despite the absence of superstars like LeBron James, Chris Paul, and Stephen Curry, Team USA appears to be an unstoppable force once again. Mike Krzyzewski isn’t so sure. […]

It’s no secret that the U.S. men’s and women’s basketball teams are  staying aboard a cruise ship in Rio, which has raised questions from the media. Team USA beat Venezuela 113-69 on Monday, and afterwards coach Mike Krzyzewski was asked by a reporter to explain himself about the choice of living on a boat instead of […]

While Team USA might be heavily favored to win the gold medal in the 2016 Rio Olympic games, head coach Mike Krzyzewski still remains anxious going into the opening round of the tournament. Krzyzewski spoke with ESPN’s Marc Stein on his concern: Nothing is easy, And when somebody tells you it’s easy, or you’re the best, or […]

Indiana Pacers star Paul George is happy about the roster moves made this summer by team President Larry Bird, and after a year back from a serious leg injury, he says he’s ready to resume his leadership role on the team. After watching the team acquire Jeff Teague, Al Jefferson and Thaddeus Young to the roster, […]

Draymond Green has been nothing less than excited to be apart of the squad playing for coach Mike Krzyzewski. Green will be vital in a weaker, but able US team grabbing a third consecutive gold medal, since losing in the medal rounds in 2004. There is not enough pressure the situation has been able to […]

DeMar DeRozan‘s 360 dunk attempt brought as much excitement as possible to a play that was never completed. According to ESPN’s Marc Spears, Coach Mike Krzyzewski didn’t like it, and feels a change is in order, We had a little bit too much fun out there tonight. We have to tone that down a little bit. […]

NBA stars in the Team USA basketball program have a unique opportunity every few years to play for one of the best, if not the best, college coaches ever in Mike Krzyzewski. Coach K comes in with a little bit of a fresh perspective. All great coaches, no matter the level, share some of the same traits, […]

Last Friday, we saw the new Team USA Men’s National Basketball team blow past Argentina with a 37-point beating, 111-74, in front of their home crowd in Las Vegas. Yes, even after winning by a very huge margin, head coach Mike Krzyzewski still had to nitpick on his team’s performance. As he told Steve Aschburner of NBA.com, there’s  “terminology […]

Two years after suffering a broken leg injury during practice which sidelined him for a year, Paul George was back with USA Basketball on Friday, looking much better and fully healed. During the first exhibition game versus Argentina, George scored 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting, with two rebounds, two steals, and one assist in 16 minutes of […]

The extremely controversial anti-LGBT law, House Bill 2, that was passed in North Carolina continues to make waves throughout the sports world. Duke and USA basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski, has spoken out against the bill less than a week after his Duke Blue Devils revealed their schedule for the upcoming season. Albany will not […]

The 2017 NBA All-Star game was supposed to be held in Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, but the league decided to relocate its mid-season spectacle because of a piece of legislation. An official announcement was made by the NBA yesterday in line with House Bill 2, also known as the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act. […]

Team USA had its first practice last Tuesday as part of opening their training camp in preparation for the Rio Olympics. The Americans are looking to defend their gold medal in the summer games. To close out their session, the team had shooting drills and after everyone left the court, one stayed behind and decided […]

Coach Mike Krzyzewski believes he would not be coaching the U.S. men’s national team today if not for the heroics of Kobe Bryant. The two-time gold medalist coach heads to Rio next month in pursuit of his third and final gold before he retires from coaching internationally. Krzyzewski admits when he reflects back that he wouldn’t be […]

Sacramento Kings big man DeMarcus Cousins has been talked about a lot recently. Whether is it his comments about the Kings’ management, trade rumors surrounding him, or his involvement with the USA basketball team, Cousins has definitely been a popular topic of discussion this summer. In a tweet from Sean Cunningham of ABC10 Sacramento, United […]

There was actually a chance that the final memory of Kobe Bryant on a basketball court wasn’t going to be his 60-point show against the Utah Jazz in this year’s regular season finale. Team USA basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski actually consulted Kobe on the possibility of him playing in the Rio Olympics. Coach K […]

Kobe Bryant ended his epic 60-point career finale with a great farewell speech, that itself had its own great ending: Mamba out. We’ve already seen Barack Obama copy Kobe’s closing phrase in recent weeks, and now Coach K is getting in on the action too. At the Duke graduation ceremony this weekend, Mike Krzyzewski ended […]